An explosive extra-alarm fire raced through a plastic recycling plant on the city's Southwest Side Monday morning.
Heavy flames and exploding propane tanks prompted a the 2-11 alarm and hazardous materials response at the large factory building in the 2800 block of West 48th Place.
The building housed a plastic recycling company, according to Fire Chief Joseph Roccasalva, a department spokesman.
Dozens of firefighters put the fire out by 3:50 a.m.
No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire wasn't immediately known.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
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